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Cold‐blooded commerce: Characterizing and predicting trade in Australian squamates
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Despite a national ban on native wildlife exports, Australian reptile species continue to appear in international trade. Using boosted regression trees, we found that large body sizes and taxonomic family, rather than color or patterning, best predicted trade presence. We identified 59 species likely to be targeted in the future, providing key insights
Sebastian Chekunov +5 more
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Columbia Journal of Race and LawAmid growing political polarization, human trafficking remains one of the few social causes that retains universal bipartisan support. Nowhere was this clearer than Florida in the spring of 2023, when Governor Ron DeSantis passed widely popular human ...
Mimi Whittaker
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
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Journal of Social Political SciencesThis research aims to analyze the causes of Human Smuggling experienced by Indonesian workers in Malaysia. The basic point of this research is the assumption that Indonesia, as a country that quantitatively contributes a very large number of labor ...
Tiara Zulyansari Liu
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SMUGGLING AS ANOTHER CAUSE OF FAILURE OF THE PPP [PDF]
In theoretical literature, smuggling is considered as a factor contributing to the deviation of the PPP-based exchange rates from the equilibrium exchange rates with little empirical support.
Gour G. Goswami, Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee
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Understanding child well‐being in CPS: Nativity and immigration status diversity in Latino families
Family Relations, EarlyView.Abstract Objective In this exploratory descriptive study, we examined the well‐being of Latino children involved with child protective services (CPS), focusing on differences by caregiver nativity and immigration status. Background Latino families in CPS investigations vary in nativity and legal status, potentially shaping children's well‐being and ...
Chien‐Jen Chiang +3 more
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Illegal Trade in the Iranian Economy: Evidence from a Structural Model [PDF]
This study investigates the main causes and consequences of import and export smuggling and estimates the relative index of smuggling in Iran from 1970 to 2002.
Mohammad Reza Farzanegan
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Broken Borders, Broken Laws: Aligning Crime and Punishment Under Section 2L1.1(b)(7) of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines [PDF]
, 2011 Despite the intensifying militarization of the United States’ borders, roughly 4,000 undocumented immigrants attempt to cross into the U.S. each day. Increased border security has not stopped the flow; rather, it has diverted migrants’ journeys into the ...
Quinn, Genevieve
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Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The precautionary approach has been widely accepted as an important guideline in international, regional, and national fisheries management. The United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement provided a foundational framework for the application of the precautionary approach in fisheries management.
Xiao‐lin Chu
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